it's february 2014, and the sochi olympics are just coming up when i arrive in moscow.ime i come here. the '80s-style go-go capitalist conspicuous consumption see who can spend the most money disco-techno thing i encountered when i first came here in 2001, it's still going strong. in fact, these days moscow has one of the highest concentrations of billionaires in the world. but as never before, it's imperial russia now, a one-man rule. all power emanates, every decision must consider this guy. ♪ ♪ russia is full of characters with murky pasts and shadowy connections. one of them i've called a friend for more than a decade. >> tony! wow. >> i guess i'm switching to vodka. zamir. how are you, brother? >> now, my concern is back in the day, this place was famous for all of the rooms were bugged. >> not anymore, i'm sorry. >> oh, really? i'm really sorry about that. >> times change. >> poor zamir, my long-time crony. he tries to be at least diplomatic about these things. i mean, he's got to live here, right? he doesn't want prussic acid on his blintzes. >> given the forward

instead of being in sochi as guests of mr. putin, it's taking place in brussels.ers have issued a joint statement saying they're ready now to intensify targeted sanctions against russia if moscow doesn't help to ease tensions in eastern ukraine. those measures come on sanctions already imposed against russian officials, individuals, institutions like banks. president putin was not sharing breakfast this morning with other world leaders. that doesn't mean he's all together absent from dinner plans. the french president is expected to meet mr. putin for dinner paris according to french newspapers. this is what the president of the european commission had to say about the formal exclusion of russia and also meetings planned with mr. putin once the similar -- the summit closes. >> we are keeping dialogue with russia which is important. another thing is accept russia in the forum. it's powerful we cannot accept vladimir putin as member of the g 8. of course we're keeping our ways of dialogue with them, russia, because we have to recognize russia is necessary to find a

the biggest drug cartel is promising you quote world cup of terror although it's not as bad as the sochi buzz kill. word of a possible new terror threat character a terrorist threat a terrorist threat to two hundred side by side toothpaste containing explosive material but threat of something bad happening in sochi well it's increasing by the day but still the media is not letting brazil off the hook easy when it comes to their world cup they're highlighting at any chance they get any fails from security and health problems to organizational glitches such as changes in seating plans and safety concerns joining us in the now is graham phillips he is in brazil of course cram a lot of negative p.r. on brazil as a host nation you're there on the ground is it that bad. well you know well you know i really the story is not any so i just followed from see it and it's even like bringing up south africa the walkup host four years ago say a soccer ball descends of brazil disillusionment over the last tournament still lingers so it feels like there's a little of a purposeful kind of digging up of t

i sound the grounds in sochi where they were planning to the g-8 summit. russia fought hard to get into the g-8. 2006 when president putin hosted it in st. petersburg, it was a major event, recognition he's one of the leaders of the g-8. i think it is significant. having said that, you also see a real nervousness among our european allies of going too far, they want to continue to talk, they want to engage with putin, as the plans for dinner tonight demonstrates. >> so, i want to show briefly in the time we have, maybe this explains the european position, if you look how much europe depends on russianing in, 30% of germany's energy comes from russia, 28% for italy, 17 first for france, isn't in is what lies behind the attitudes here. >> absolutely right. symmetry involved in punishing russia is greater for the europe than the united states. let's give between western and eastern europe. eastern european leaders who met with obama in poland want him to do more. those in dg-7 last night wanted him to do less. >> thank you for joining us. joining me, former u

it was supposed to be in sochi. it's in brussels.e first time a g7 or g-8 has been enlisted by the european union and in brussels. significance will be what comes out of this g7. it's very important for the g7 leaders to make it clear that they understand what president putin's goals are. those goals are to keep ukraine out of the western world come out of the eu come out of beta. are the sanctions already in place having the desired effect? >> the sanctions have some limited impact in assuring that the elections on may 25 are able to go forward. and to get some limited by in by president putin. and some limited withdrawals of troops on the board. not enough going for it. what's happening now is very ominous. you're getting a d stabilization estabilization engineered by moscow. take overble to maj buildings. wants us to have the same degree of control over those provinces as the breakaway provinces in georgia. this is extremely serious. yesterday, president obama announced lance to increase military deployments and exercises througho

include russia but after the inn cushion into -- incursion into ukraine, they decided to relocate from sochi to belgium. it sounds like good news from many nip. >> it does, -- muni. >> it does, i got a text and he said, things look better we are returning to regular routes and it does look better because cable cars were plot running off the bat and they were yesterday. >>> 880 westbound and you can see between carquinez and no major problems as you drive down, that is as good as it will get, that means there is no slow traffic along the way and you can see the average speed is in the high 60s, just like some of our temperatures. as you head to the toll place disa of course. let's go to the man. a little come comedy? >> yes, you got to do it. >>> we have 59 to 60, it is that time of year all the wait to 93. high pressure is definitely built in, mild to cool to warm to hot. your proximity to the coast, or if you have from the fog or not and it looks like we have and 71 for a high today downtown. we have the low cloud deck which has been compressed and it goes way up there, bases around a thous

. >> we're two weeks away from the sochi olympics, and there's already been a lot of

. >> it was supposed to be a g-8 summit in sochi. instead, leaders from only seven of the leaders -- of the world's meting industrial nations in brussels. russia was not included. the move to suspend moscow came in march when russia annexed the crimean territory. the g7 spoke of its concern over violence in eastern ukraine. slaprs threatened to moscow with further sanctions if it does not de-escalate the conflict there between ukraine's government and pro-russian separatists. the g7 also discussed how to expand their energy portfolios and take it vantage of their own resources to reduce dependence on russian gas. >> also on thursday, germany sent a further signal that it would stand by ukraine. receivedr merkel ukraine's president-elect in berlin. she promised germany support in stabilizing the country. for his part, he pledged to fight corruption in ukraine and to reform the judiciary. in a gesture to the largely russian speaking east, he also said he would decentralize ukraine's government. >> israel unveiled plans to build 1100 ne

wet roads in sochi, russia. this is coming at you. jackknifed trailer breezing by. not impressed? not close enough? it was a closer call for the guy behind this car. this car has two dash cams, one out the front, one out the rear of the car. watch what happens to that car. >> woah! >> that was an even closer call. holy smokes. the guy driving the volkswagen had the knife edge reaction. the people in the truck, i wonder if they hit anything. these two avoided it, but the guys in the same lane behind the truck could have slammed into it. >> you see the truck shudder, but by that time, the truck slowed down enough, hopefully shaved off some of the speed it was carrying. >> now, a pedestrian crossing, we know they are dangerous. there's the blue watch out somebody's walking sign on the right. the hash marks in the street, car up ahead slows, the dash cam car, but the traffic officer does not stop. he decides he's the smart one and go around everybody. winds up punted this guy. looks like he's sore, but gets back up. can you believe that? of all people to break the traffic laws, a traf

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first time it has met since its expulsion of russia from the g-8, a summit that was to be held in sochi but instead was held in brussels . there is france's prime minister waiting to greet the rest of the guests after francois hollande made his way in with vladimir putin. francois hollande began the day in cannes where he laid a wreath in memory of the civilian victims of world war ii. some 20,000 civilians lost their significantlyndy, more than the number of british and canadian soldiers killed and equivalent to american losses. many were killed during allied aerial bombardments intended to destroy road junctions and delay the arrival of german forces after the d-day landings began. here's what the french president had to say. >> the liberated normandy was devastated. 20,000 civilians were killed. 300,000 remained homeless --were made homeless. in000 civilian victims, addition to 40,000 soldiers killed. from america, britain, and other allied countries. the sacrifice of normandy's population has been eclipsed by the relics of the soldiers who landed here. today, this sacrifice is whole

. >> we have seen video of airports and roadways under construction, and is this going to be like sochipics where we here about practical problems. >> the concern is not so much about whether the stadiums are ready, it's more about the protests and the rioting that could erupt out of anything? >> yeah, absolutely. the u.s. team, they play their first game on monday, and the team's coaches actually have been at the center of controversy. he came out and said it's not realistic that the u.s. can win the world cup. there has been plenty of people thinking why is the guy leading the team setting the bar so low. >> it's not a popular thing to say, and that's because he is not american, he is german, and people think it's that building year for the u.s. team, building up until 2018, however they are still going out there to win. all of these guys on this team, they want to win. >> what should americans who don't regularly follow soccer, when they tune into the world cup, what are they looking for over the next few weeks. >> this is the year you are going to get to see a new superstar emerge.

and that is saying something because there are still some olympic athletes trapped in their sochi hotel bathrooms. but, folks, there is one event that will be more affected by the delays than any other-- sailing. because rio's gaanabarra bay is so filled with raw sewage and garbage, that one sailor's dinghy crashed into what he believed was a partly submerged sofa. and another one encountered human corpses on four occasions while sailing in the bay. four corpses, folks. that's bad. the sofa only holds three. ( laughter ) we'll be right back. well, we're peanut butter and chocolate. we're perfect together. he says when something's good, why change it? what if you were to try something different? [ chocolate laughs ] [ male announcer ] it's a whole new way to love peanut butter & chocolate. smooth and crunchy butterfinger peanut butter cups. smooth and crunchy butterfinger don't just visit rome. visit tripadvisor rome. with millions of reviews, tripadvisor makes any destination better. nineteen years ago, we thought, "wow, how is there no way to tell the good from the bad?" so we gave peo

this gathering was to have been posted i've vladimir putin in sochi. now world leaders must bring what they have to say separately or together without the russian leader during the week. >> for more on president obama's i spoke withland, the president of the woodrow wilson center, who was in ukraine during the recent elections as an observer. if he thinks poroshenko will be the man to end the conflict in ukraine. they certainly the ukrainians do, about 87% of them came out to vote freely and he won a clear majority of the votes, with 55% of the votes. i met with him along with our was chaired by former secretary of state madeleine albright. we found him to be very impressive and obviously president obama, who met with him today in poland, thought he was impressive as well. he has a huge job, and a lot of what he does has to be done by ukrainians. it cannot just be the west coming to the rescue. he does have a peace plan involving decentralization of power. do you think that could worse, based on your experience? >> i think it could work. i think it's a

and that is saying something because there are still some olympic athletes trapped in their sochi hotel bathrooms. but, folks, there is one event that will be more affected by the delays than any other-- sailing. because rio's gaanabarra bay is so filled with raw sewage and garbage, that one sailor's dinghy crashed into what he believed was a partly submerged sofa. and another one encountered human corpses on four occasions while sailing in the bay. four corpses, folks. that's bad. the sofa only holds three. ( laughter ) we'll be right back. ♪ ♪fame, makes a man take things over♪ ♪fame, lets him loose, hard to swallow♪ ♪fame, puts you there where things are hollow♪ the evolution of luxury continues. the next generation 2015 escalade. ♪fame honestly, the off-season isn't i've got a lot to do. that's why i got my surface. it's great for watching game film and drawing up plays. it's got onenote, so i can stay on top of my to-do list, which has been absolutely absurd since the big game. with skype, it's just really easy to stay in touch with the kids i work with. alright, russell you are go

originally, of course, the summit was supposed to be in sochi. russia's actions in ukraine, the united nations rallied around a common strategy. we suspended russia from the g-8, and suspended russia making this the first g-7 in some 20 years. all of the nations have taken steps to impose costs on russia for the behavior. today, in contrast to the growing global ekconomy, a sluggish russian economy is weaker, because of the choices made by the russian leadership. meanwhile, our nations continue to stand united in support and assistance to the ukrainian people, and the g-7 summit was an occasion por me, david, and the fellow leaders to ensure that we are in lock step going forwa forward. on ukraine, i shared the results of the meeting with president-elect poroshenko, and so like so many he wants to forge relationships with the united states and others and also acknowledge hs he can benet from a relationship with russia. and so from the inauguration, he has reached out to the east and also to pursue reforms. russia needs to seize that opportunity,

the leaders were supposed to hold a group of eight meeting with him in sochi. they canceled the summit and put the g-8 on ice to punish putin for annexing crimea. but the leaders of france, britain and germany are scheduled to meet one on one with him later this week. all are scheduled to attend the 70th anniversary of the d-day landings on friday in france. they'll take part in commemorations of the allied invasion of normandy during world war ii. in recent weeks, putin appears to have softened his stance. russian troops have been camped out along the border with ukraine for months. but now it seems that two-thirds of them have withdrawn. alleviating tensions. putin has also accepted the result of last month's presidential election in the ukraine. and g-7 leaders want the president to use his influence to end the conflict in the east. pro-russian separatists have taken control of several towns and cities and have declared independence. ukrainian soldiers are trying to put an end to the unrest. one leader who hasn't scheduled a meeting with putin is u.s. presid

and that is saying something because there are still some olympic athletes trapped in their sochi hotel bathrooms. but, folks, there is one event that will be more affected by the delays than any other-- sailing. because rio's gaanabarra bay is so filled with raw sewage and garbage, that one sailor's dinghy crashed into what he believed was a partly submerged sofa. and another one encountered human corpses on four occasions while sailing in the bay. four corpses, folks. that's bad. the sofa only holds three. ( laughter ) we'll be right back. hi, i just signed up for your credit report site and i have a problem. i need to speak with your fraud resolution department. ugh, we don't have that. what should i tell him? just make that super annoying modem noise... (shuuuuuuuh....zzzzzzzz...de ee...dong...shuuuhh...) hello? not all credit report sites are equal. classic. experian.com members get personalized help plus fraud resolution support. join now at experian.com. with enrollment in experian credit tracker. cookie, chocolate and caramel in a bite-size. why didn't we think of these years ag

the meeting was supposed to have been a g8 gathering in sochi.ollowing russia's perceived involvement in the ukrainian crisis. and julia filed this report about what we can expect. >> reporter: as you said, this is g7, not g8. the first time in 17 years that russia hasn't been part of these discussions. but vladimir putin certainly central to the de-pate that's going to take place over the next few days, be it about ukraine or energy policy and security in particular for europe. i think there's an acknowledgement coming into this this at this stage in the crisis it now has to be about dialogue. it has to be about diplomacy. there's been an acknowledgement from the officials that i've spoken to that yes, the tone is softened, we are seeing troops being moved from the border but at the same time more work needs to be done. there's a belief that russia is inciting violence in the east and of course the elephant in the room is still the situation in crimea. the g7 are going to say they stand ready to enact more sanctions should they be needed. there'

hours every single day and another thing to consider only twenty five people perished in building the sochi olympic village from start to finish but why is there no global outrage. over this especially since some of the building contractors can be traced right back here to the u.s. i was joined earlier to discuss this stunning humanitarian crisis with slate senior editor jeremy stall i first asked him what the qatari government means when they say not all debts are related to building the stadium their claim and this is kind of you know some weasely language is that these projects are being done not on specific the folk world cup projects so they're being done construction projects for infrastructure things like that but when the projects are on cities that are going to be hosting the world cup they are by their nature or will come projects right and there i mean this is building the infrastructure in terms of like. of the metro system that's underway and that's also that's being built i believe by simon's. and these multiply by national multibillion dollar corporations are are setting this

that summit originally supposed to be held in sochi, but it was canceled because of the crisis in ukraine. yesterday, the president was in poland, where he gave a speech marking the 25th anniversary of poland's first free elections. he also used the occasion as a way to give a robust offense of the nato alliance. >> and as we've been reminded by russia's aggression in ukraine, our free nations cannot be come place sent in pursuit of the vision we share. a europe that is whole and free and at peace. we have to work for that. we have to stand with those who seek freedom. >> after brussels, the president is headed to normandy to mark the 70th anniversary of d-day. during the time the president says there is a chance that he and president putin will have some sort of conversation or at the very least, have an opportunity to shake hands. >>> union pacific says that several cars and one of its trains are actually blown over by a tornado in kansas. the train was stopped when it happened. this was heading from arkansas to wyoming, with 135 empty coal cars. now, the train was stopped because of a

no matter what the country was, whether it was south africa, london, sochi, vancouver, the story was always the same. you have displacement, the militarization of public space, you have insane amounts of debt, and then there you have fifa and the ioc getting away with it. they're the devil. they get away with it. they're kaiser sosay. if you're an l.a. confidential fan, they're the people who get away with it. i have to stop referencing '90s movies. was that applause to stop doing that? thank you. demographic. i love it. so, you have to understand that based on my experience, this had always been the case. maddening to go to country after country and to be clear, my job is either kind of cool or lame depending on your perspective. i've been to almost every olympics or the world cup in the last decade but i've never been there when the event is happening. i go there before and afterwardses and peep out what is going on there, and wherever i go you get these stories come out that -- it's satire that is so dark that stephen kolbert and jon stewart wouldn't dare put these on. i showed up

just look at south africa or sochi where stadiums and olympic villages now stand empty.brazil think things would be any different? the country has been $12 billion on the game. money that would have been spent on education and infrastructure. market makers anker erik schatzker traveled to brazil to look at the true costs of the world cup as we continue our special series, the road to rio. brazil is one unhappy country. for months, people have been taking to the streets in protest. some of them loud. they want education, health care, housing. what they don't want is the world cup. schools or have good good hospitals. people are complaining about the salaries. fear.e lots of it's a waste of money. lots of money. brazil is the industrial and agricultural heart of south america. capita tripled from 2004-2012. yet, brazil still ranks 85th on th you when possible and development index. even some of the cities hosting the world cup -- i invest in manaus. i did not want the arena. i wanted to use the stadium that already existed. >> it is a jungle city on the banks of the amazon

. >> in sochi, a lot of stuff was on potus but the games went on. >> i agree.rass is interesting. the england italy game will be an amazon and there is a real question there about the quality of the turf. i am not qualified to talk about it, but there is the stadium. >> we are here. >> argentina. argentina. >> that is your pick. are you ready? >> "bloomberg surveillance," your world cup headquarters. here is adam johnson with our top headlines. >> all right. the obama administration reluctant to get involved in military action in iraq. last month, iraq asked the u.s. to carry out air raids on training areas. the u.s. has not respond to iraq's request. you cannot says the fighting a something for iraq -- the pentagon says the fighting is a mate for iraqi forces. and in the wake of majority leader eric cantor's stunning july 31.will leave some members say the next leader should be more conservative. stay tuned. read while, a rare moment of agreement. he senate joined the house making it easier for veterans to get health care. amen. the two chambers have to iron o

they were originally supposed to include russia but after that they decided to exclude it going from sochithey showed him working out at the gym in warsaw poland. they say it's not a security breach since everyone end steering and leaving the hotel room is screened. he was seen doing lungs and working out on a man. >>> he is -- machine. >>> and celebrating 69 years in the making. he was wounded twice during his service. he said after his second injury he was told he would be given an oak leaf cluster, he believes the army has their way of doing things. >> the army keeps very good track of your mistakes but -- >> he recently contacted a coming woman who then call the pentagon. in addition to the cluster, the army awarded him with a bronze star with an infant trimedal. >> something frightening happened. he said a black bear opened the door and walked right into his cabin. >> the bear took this handle and put it down and i saw the bear walk inside and came right into the house and stood right here and looked around and i started to go up here near these stairs and i was looking at the bear ho

it was a boast be in sochi. now some of those leaders will be meeting with president clinton while he is in france. who is the president going to be speaking to? that's correct. it all starts with the u.s. secretary of state meeting with russian foreign minister. and the russian president will sit down with the british prime minister. then the russian president separately wasn't done with the president of france. the g7 early in the day said president putin must change course on ukraine and work with the new ukrainian president-elect. president obama said president two to four weeks before the u.s. poses additional cost on russia. one big meeting that has yet to happen this week is president obama sitting down with president aland. one thing that is clear, there is something short of complete unity between the united states and france, not just when it comes to the issue of russia but on a whole host of issues. >> there has been tension between the u.s. and france as you mentioned, first over the sale of warship

will obama give russia back -- give alaska back to russia in exchange for a sochi key chain? >> putin would be so isolated. he got his own steak dinner in france rather than not getting a dinner at all. >> has this reached the level of scandal? >> i think the irs scandal is worse but this is the first time that the democrats are breaking ranks but i think the irs is the most important one because it was deliberate, malicious. >> and they thought obamacare just that alone was going to cause the democrats to lose the senate then you add the v.a., bergdahl, then you add the economy shrinking. >> i'm just saying is scandal now considered -- is this part of the series of scandals that's all? >> what would constitute a scandal for you? >> watergate. iran-contra. >>> okay. next hillary clinton. stay tuned for this one coming up on "the five." >>> when you think of people have been dead broke, struggling to make ends meet, do bill and hillary clinton come to mind? listen how the former first lady justifies the multimillion speaking fees? >> we came out of the white house not only dea

it was supposed to be the g-8 and it was opposed to happen in sochi, russia.hat got called off and russia has been effectively kicked out of the g-8 for now. i think at this point, we should not expect any real collective punitive action, because what all sides are hoping for is that president putin will actually continue to pull back and has pulled back some forces from the border. they're hoping to reward good behavior rather than punish bad behavior at this point. it is really important that this is all going along the backdrop of the still ongoing talks between gazprom and ukraine over natural gas supplies. there is a price dispute. until that is resolved, there is a cloud over europe about what might happen to gas from russia. the u.s. cannot replace your natural gas supply. you will still need us, russia, he points out, and that is a fact. president obama will still be trying to keep a united front. but i don't think we will expect sanctions this week. >> and speaking of a united front, resident obama and they cannottin, avoid seeing each other for the d

that suspension resulted in the relocation of this year's planned g-8 summit from sochi, russia, to brussels, as the leaders of the g-7 nations decided to meet without russia. president obama will meet with british prime minister david cameron after the summit today. then he flies to paris for dinner with french president francois hollande. figuring out how to respond to russia's involvement in ukraine tops the agenda. p-g-and -e is bracing more new federal charges. in connection with the deadly 20-10 san bruno explosion. p-g-and -e announced that the u-s- attorney's office intends to file what is called a superseding indictment. the new indictment would nullify the previous one issued. possibly because *new charges are coming. in april p- g- and -e was charged with 12- federal felony violations of safety laws which could carry fines of 6 -million dollars or more. the company has pleaded not guilty. eight people were killed and more than 30 homes destroyed in the explosion and fire coming up on the kron four morning news. ".worth every penny" 126-million dollars! that's how much colin kaeper

after russianexed crimea and what was scheduled to be a g- eight in sochi, russia was rescheduled forn people in brussels and mr. putin was not invited. leaders are trying to talk approximate how to stop putin and how to move the troops back to the bases and how to get him to talk to the ukraine president elect. one of the differences is over the french plans to sell advance war ships to russia. president obama hasn't been able to get president holland that it is a bad idea. >> i recognize it is it a big deal. i recognize that the job's in france are important. i think it would have been preferably to press the pause button. president hollande made a different decision. >> tonight he has dinner with president hollande in paris. and no one expects the french leader to change mind. the british have substantial russian investment and make it difficult or at least expensive for the europeans to put pressure on moscow. eric? >> ahead of prom day. a stabbing suspect pled not guilty. christopher attacked marion sanchez for rejecting a prom invitation. he confessed to police saying i did it,

remember, we were supposed to be in sochi, russia for a g 8 summit, instead that was cut down to g 7, the president starts here poland because he's trying to reassure a nervous nato ally the u.s. will be here for them. at the sar moans for d day, vladimir putin will be there as well. the white house says there's no formal meeting. leaving the door open that they will meet on the sidelines. he thinks the u.s. super power is not showing leadership. susan rice pushed back yesterday on abc news. >> i can tell you when we go to europe next week, as we will again for the second time this year, and we went to asia back in april, that all of oufer allies and partners looked to us as their indispensable leader and want to work with us closely because they know our security and shared values depend on it. >> on this trip, president obama will meet with the ukrainian president elect petro p poroshenko. the crisis continues with the ukrainian ambassador to the u.n., says russia is an arsennist pretending to be a fire inspector. >> did the u.s. pay too steep a price for the return of sergeant bowe

the meeting was set to be hold in sochi, until russia was ininvited from the talks. for president obama, the summit is part of a broader european trip. randall pinkston has details on the agenda. >> reporter: the group of 7 nations focuses on economic issues, but president obama will deal with more than financial marts. the deadly military conflict in ukraine against government forces is separatists loyal to russia will be a top items. president obama begins in war sea, co-hosting poland's president a meeting of leaders worried about security after vladimir putin took crimea from ukraine. it resulted in russia being dismissed from the economic group, turning the g 8 to the g7. on thurks the president joins g7 allies in brussels to discuss the global economy. president obama will be talking about exporting national gas from the u.s. to europe in response to russia's conflicts. russia provide most of europe's gas. president obama will end the visit in france for the 70th anniversary of d-day, paying tribute to veterans of world war ii, including soviet allies. vladimir

russia incursion into u cray, the leaders decided to exclude russia and relocated the meeting from sochisia to belgium. >>> we have some leaked video to show you of president obama working out at a george -- working out at a gym. apparently someone used their cell phone to take video of the president working out at the gym at the marriott bim in warsaw -- gym in warsaw, poland. the president is seen going through his routine of lifting weights, doing lunges and working out on an elliptical machine. >>> sprint and t-mobile have agreed to join forces. sprint would pay about $50 billion for t-mobile and the deal would close sometime this summer. but regulators could bring it down on concerns it eliminates exe sigs and could drive up cell phone charges. >>> a man is behind bars after a san ramon woman used an iphone app to track her stolen cb right to the man's -- cell phone right to the man's car. police say dustin fryberger stole the woman's purse out of her car while she was hiking with her family in crockett. her teenaged son used the find my iphone app and discovered the alleged thief w

very interesting scene in my book when president yeltsin of russia is sitting on the bench on the sochi beach, and boris explains to him and says you don't have resources to keep republics is this. if we don't do something drastic in terms of economic reform, your rank and popularity will be the one for gorbachev. so something has to be done really fast and we don't have resources to do it. they tried also to sell this idea to gorbachev and the explanation was we let the republics go for now. we don't have resources to keep them. but once russia is strong 20 years from now, almost 20 years from now, the republics will come back. so the vision of russia is special russian role in the region and the future of republics coming back in one was arranged during the soviet times was there and it was already quite prominent in the fall of 1991. russia left the soviet union and russia sent a curt or leaving the soviet union was much more sick sick and that the benefit of any other metropolitan power before that. look at it. colonies are gone. that means that the access to resources is now much,

the summit was originally build as the g-8 meeting to be held in sochi, but after they were disinvited the venue was moved to brussels. we've got new data illustrating europe's economic problems, and those problems are hurting us. america's trade deficit with the rest of the world 's the imports to exports. a lot of it has to do with europe, the trade gap with europe grew 23% in april. so while americans can now afford more imported goods as the economy here improves, europeans are still feeling the pain. and it's limiting their purchase power for american products. if europe continues to drag, it will be felt across the atlantic and squeeze us even more. as canada and japan wants britain, france and italy to increase their public spending to boost their economies. european central banks right now would be supportive of that stimulus effort because of the threat deflation poses to europe complies. >> a little inflation can be a good thing. it can push wages up, putting more money in people's pockets, which gives them confidence to spend more and grow the economy. that's why the u.s. fe

he gave that interview in sochi. the g8 became the g7. notes have been counted in syria. the voting was held in government-controlled areas, and is certain to win another term. he got a high proportion of the votes from syrians in lebanon and jordan. the united states says the election is a disgrace. >> it intentionally denied millions of syrians the right to vote vote. detached from reality and devoid of political participation the bashar al-assad regime conditioned a 40 year repress, crushing cyst sent and failed -- dissent and failed to fulfil peace and profit perty issues of the people. >>> we are joined by a professor of peace and economics. condemnation from the americans and many in the west saying it will be a sham. will it consolidate a power base. >> have eight important symbolically and politically. the head line of a pro-bashar al-assad government newspaper, millions of voters renew bashar al-assad's mandate, legitimacy. have eight a new legitimacy, a new mandate, a celebration of his ability to survive. he'll present today and tomorrow with a fait accompli, "

the sochi olympics. they made a profitable quarter of $1 billion.more than the other games in a. they london olympics with a surplus of $8 million in 2012 so go russia i guess. we are counting down to the closing bell. what the you have coming up? liz: a little bit of breaking news. we are watching this closely. oil as you know has been all day for the july contract, above 107. today in the afternoon it will roll over to the august contract and good news for consumers, bad news for investors, the new contract is $0.52 lower than the current contract. we will know more this afternoon but that is a bit of breaking is the real breaking news on family dollar, charlie gasparino will be coming down to the set, top of the show. has just spoken to carl icahn about his activist behavior, it is put up for sale and has some breaking news about his new intentions and plans. that is about carl icahn and family dollar. as far as the fancy apps that is so and fancy, just the gunz -- the yo apps. it has been hacked, it is all fun and games until someone loses and i

. >> reporter: this summer it was planned for russia and sochi, home of the 2014 winter olympics to be putin. not so now. the venue is brussels, a g-8 minus one. a g-7. so what can we expect? more ukraine. obama wants his g-7 allies to be ready to amp up economic sanctions on russia if putin amps up his interference in ukraine and a plan b for european energy supplies. help break their dependence on russian gas follows up on a g-7 energy ministers meeting last month in rome and russia's recent gas deal with china. iran, too, will be on the agenda. keeping europeans united behind obama's strategy of talks and sanctions. then there is syria. u.s. and europe hope putin would be part of the solution for peace. after ukraine, not so much. but despite being frozen out of the g 7, barely is it over and putin's back on the international guest list. on the beaches of norman did i the 70th d day anniversary, he'll be just feet from obama commemorating europe's bloodiest war as tensions between the two cloud europe's horizons. nic robertson, cnn, brussels, belgium. >>> fierce lightning is reporte

it was set to be held in sochi until russia was uninvited from the talks. for president obama, it's one part of the president's trip. randall pinkston has detail. >> reporter: the group of seven nations focuses on economic issues, but president obama will deal with more matters - the deadly conflict in ukraine between government forces and separatists loyal to russia. president obama begins a tour in warsaw on tuesday, where he'll cohost with polish president a meeting of eastern european leaders, worried about security after crimea was taken from ukraine. it resulted in russia being dismissed, turning the g8 to the g7. on thursday, the president joins g7 allies in brils to discuss the -- brussels to discuss other issues. president obama may talk about exporting natural gas from the u.s. to europe in response to conflicts with russia. russia currently supplies most of europe's gas. president obama will end his visit in france for the anniversary of d-day, paying tribe out to allied veterans, including the soviet union, which was an ally of the u.s. >> vladi

originally, of course, our summit was supposed to be in sochi, but after russia's actions in ukraine,our nations united quickly around a common strategy. we suspended russia from the g-eight and canceled the sochi meeting, making this the first g-7 held without russia in some 20 years. all seven of our nations have taken steps to impose costs on russia for its behavior. today, in contrast to a growing global economy, the sluggish russian economy is even weaker because of the choices made by russia's leadership. meanwhile, our nations continue to stand united in our support and assistance to the ukrainian people, and the g-7 summit was an occasion for me, david, and our fellow leaders to ensure that we are in lockstep going forward. on ukraine, i shared the results of my meeting yesterday with president-elect poroshenko. like many ukrainians, he wants to forge closer ties with europe and the united states but also recognizes that ukraine will benefit from a constructive relationship with russia. i believe his inauguration provides an opportunity, particularly since he has demonstrated

you are correct, this meeting has been convened in brussels, belgium, as opposed to sochi, russia, but many in europe are convinced that no further sanctions are needed, and president obama is trying to get the g-7 to speak with one voice to respond to what russia is doing in ukraine. and now there are seven. as the group formally known as the gen g-8 gathered in brussels. ileading ukraine's president-elect petro poroshen poroshenko, president obama vowed to keep the pressure on russia in response to its actions in ukraine. >> an unified international community is clear. violation of international law and is willing to back up those principles with consequences for russia. >> in his west point speech last week president obama declared his policy of sanctions is working. >> our ability to shape world opinion helps to isolate russia right away. >> reporter: but putin is not frozen out completely. leaders of three america's closest allies, britain, france and germany will meet with putin one-on-one at the d-day celebration in normandy. president obama will not. analysts say tightening san